LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The brother of the 71-year-old man shot and killed by a Henderson SWAT officer says the police murdered his brother who was dying of most cancers, in hospice, being handled with morphine, and will barely stroll due to a life-long battle in opposition to a paralyzing illness, in line with an unique interview obtained by the 8 Information Now Investigators.
“This is wrong, wrong, wrong,” Bryan Chandler, Bruce Ayers’ brother, stated.
Ayer, who had not too long ago misplaced his spouse, was residing in his house when police entered, allegedly on the lookout for stolen objects. His brother, Bryan Chandler, claims that the police broke down the door and shot Ayer in his kitchen when Ayer was making an attempt to determine who was storming his house.
“There’s a lot of other avenues they could have done to come in here. You didn’t need to come in here like the cavalry and slaughter him like that, we slaughtered the Indians. It’s the same [expletive]. They come in here and they killed him,” Chandler instructed the 8 Information Now Investigators Wednesday at Ayer’s Las Vegas house.
Chandler described his brother as a compassionate one that would assist anybody in want. He expressed anger and disbelief over the police actions, stating that Ayer was weak and in hospice care on the time of the incident.
“Murder. It’s [expletive] murder when you break a man’s door down looking for a stolen TV and you shoot him in his living room, in his kitchen, when he’s dying of cancer. That’s exactly how I feel about it,” Chandler stated.
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Chandler additionally alleged that after the police left, Ayer’s home was left unsecured, resulting in it being looted and robbed. He expressed frustration that the police had not communicated with him following the incident. Chandler recounted discovering blood in the home and having to scrub it up himself.
“When I got here, there was blood from right where you’re standing to a puddle right here where my brother bled out. I had the enjoyment of cleaning up my brother’s lifeblood off the floor,” Chandler stated. “One of the neighbors asked the SWAT team member, ‘Are you going to secure the door?’ He said ‘No.’ He said ‘Why not?’ He goes, ‘He don’t live here anymore. The house is now the property of the mortgage company,’ and walked off with an attitude.”
The Henderson Police Division has not held a press convention concerning the capturing. Henderson despatched the next response to eight Information Now inquiries about whether or not the brand new police chief, Reggie Rader, will change this apply.
“The Vital Incident Group Briefing was a apply established underneath prior administration. Chief Rader has emphasised his dedication to main the division with integrity, accountability, and function. As a part of this dedication, he’s actively reviewing division requirements of conduct, enhancing coaching packages, and establishing protocols that builds public belief, to incorporate the present apply of the Vital Incident Group Briefing.
“Detectives believe this incident is related to a series of golf course burglaries. Additional details will be available when the investigation is complete.”
Police launched info and video of the capturing via a video posted on YouTube. Henderson Captain Benson Harper stated the incident started on June 23 when police had been investigating a housebreaking involving a stolen automobile in a luxurious house neighborhood close to Grand Hills Drive and Japanese Avenue.
Through the investigation, police say they tracked and located the stolen automobile on the house on Casa Colorado Avenue, the place “SWAT crew officers made bulletins via a long-range acoustic speaker, deployed distraction units, and made entry into the residence,” Harper stated.
Officers made contact with Ayer and had what gave the impression to be a gun in his hand. Harper stated Ayer “refused to drop the weapon and continued to advance toward officers,” pointing the handgun at them, leading to SWAT Officer Michael Stevens firing two instances, hitting Ayer within the torso. He died after being transported to a neighborhood hospital.
All Harper stated concerning the weapon in Ayer’s hand is that it was “designed to look like a full-size handgun.”
Ayer’s capturing has raised questions on police procedures and accountability, together with his household demanding solutions and justice for what they describe as an pointless and tragic loss of life.
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